A. Firm Description. Polar Capital LLP (“Polar Capital”) is an investment
management firm located in London, United Kingdom. Polar Capital does not have an
office in the United States. The firm is a limited liability partnership formed under the
laws of England and Wales, Company No. 4053690. Polar Capital is subsidiary of
Polar Capital Partners Limited (“Polar Capital Limited”), which is a subsidiary of Polar
Capital Holdings PLC, a public company whose shares are listed on the London Stock
Exchange (“Polar Holdings”). Approximately eighteen percent of the equity interests
of Polar Holdings is held by directors, management and employees of Polar Holdings
and its subsidiary companies, including Polar Capital. Polar Capital is regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom. Polar Capital was established in
2000 and has been registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”)
since September 19, 2005. Polar Capital’s affiliates include: Polar Capital (America)
Corporation in Darien, Connecticut (“Polar America”), which is also registered with
the SEC as an investment adviser; Polar Capital (Europe) SAS in Paris, France, is
registered as an AIFM with the AMF – of which there are two branch offices in Spain
and Germany; Phaeacian Partners LLC in El Segundo, California, (“Phaeacian
Partners”), which is also registered with the SEC as an investment adviser (inactive);
Polar Capital Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is a subsidiary of
Polar Capital (America) Corporation; and, Polar Capital (Switzerland) AG, authorised
by FINMA in Switzerland.
B. Advisory Services. Polar Capital primarily offers fundamental research driven
investment advisory services to professional and institutional investors through a range
of geographic and sector investment funds which it offers and manages (“Polar
Funds”) and managed accounts. Polar Capital provides primarily investment
supervisory services, but also provides investment advice not involving supervisory
services. Interests in certain of the Polar Funds are offered to certain pre-qualified U.S.
persons who must be “Qualified Purchasers” as defined by Section 2(a)(51) of the
Investment Company Act. Such offerings are made only in private placements
pursuant to exemptions under the Investment Company Act and the Securities Act of
1933. Each Polar Fund itself is a Qualified Purchaser. This Brochure describes only
those Polar Funds that have or are being offered to U.S. investors, or that Polar Capital
expects to offer to U.S. investors in private placements during the upcoming year.
Hedge Funds. An alternative investment vehicle only available to sophisticated investors such
as institutions and individuals with significant assets that is designed to protect investment
portfolios from market uncertainty, while seeking positive returns in both up and down
markets.
Polar Capital European Forager Fund Limited. An exempted company
incorporated in the Cayman Islands under registration number CR-125904 with limited
liability. It is an open ended investment company that is registered as a regulated
mutual fund with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. Investment
objective/strategy: to achieve positive absolute returns in each calendar year,
irrespective of overall equity market conditions by investing predominantly in small
capitalization European equity securities.
Open Ended Investment Companies (OEIC) A type of company that allows
investors to collectively pool together money to invest in various opportunities. As
money is invested, shares are created. When a shareholder requests to sell shares, that
money is then redeemed. The value of a share varies with the value of the OEIC's net
portfolio value (NPV). It is most often used in the United Kingdom. In the United
States it is referred to as an open-ended mutual fund.
Polar Capital Funds plc. An umbrella fund company with variable capital and
segregated liability between funds, incorporated with limited liability under the laws of
Ireland with registered number 348391, and authorized in Ireland as an investment
company pursuant to the European Community’s Undertakings for Collective
Investment in Transferable Securities, or UCITS, Regulations. The company is
structured as an umbrella fund consists of a number of different funds, each fund
representing a single portfolio of assets, with segregated liability between funds. Each
fund may have more than one share class allocated to it. The funds are:
Asian Stars Fund. Investment objective/strategy: is to achieve long term
capital growth. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a broad
range of shares from companies domiciled in developed and developing
(emerging market) Asian countries, or from companies which generate a
significant amount of their business from these countries.
Artificial Intelligence Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve long term
capital appreciation by primarily investing in a diversified portfolio of global
equity securities which may be listed or traded on a Regulated Market.
Biotechnology Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve long-term
capital growth by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of biotechnology
companies.
China Stars Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve long term capital
growth by primarily investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities and
equity related securities of, or relating to companies, which are domiciled, or
exercise the predominant part of their economic activity, in The Peoples’
Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (together ‘Greater China’).
Emerging Market Stars Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve
long-term capital growth by investing in a diversified portfolio of emerging
market companies.
Emerging Market ex-China Stars Fund. Investment objective/strategy:
to
achieve long-term capital growth by investing in a diversified portfolio
of emerging market companies, excluding China.
European Ex UK Income Fund. Investment objective/strategy: is to deliver
strong, long-term risk-adjusted returns to achieve both income and capital
growth by investing in companies that are incorporated, headquartered, or
exercise a significant part of their economic activities (greater than 20%) in
European markets/countries (excluding the United Kingdom).
Financial Opportunities Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve
long term capital growth by investing in globally diversified portfolio of
financial sector stocks.
Global Absolute Return Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to deliver
capital growth over rolling 12 month periods, in all market conditions.
Global Convertible Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to generate positive
returns with low volatility through a variety of investment and trading
strategies, primarily in the global convertible market.
Global Insurance Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve capital
growth through investment in companies operating in the international
insurance sector.
Global Technology Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve
above average capital growth by investing in a globally diversified
portfolio of technology companies.
Healthcare Blue Chip Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve
long-term capital appreciation by investing in a globally diversified
portfolio of healthcare companies.
Healthcare Discovery Fund. Investment objective/strategy: The Fund
aims to achieve long-term capital growth by investing in a globally
diversified portfolio of healthcare companies.
Healthcare Opportunities Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to
preserve capital and achieve long term capital appreciation by investing in a
globally diversified portfolio of healthcare companies.
Income Opportunities Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to provide an
attractive level of income together with capital growth by investing primarily in
the equity, debt and other securities of financial companies worldwide.
Japan Value Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve long-term
capital growth by investing in the shares of companies, or companies that
generate a significant amount of their business in Japan. Taking a ‘value’
approach, investing in large, medium and small capitalisation companies.
North American Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve long term
capital appreciation by way of investing in a diversified portfolio of North
American companies.
Smart Energy Fund. Investment objective/ strategy: to provide long term
capital growth. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a
portfolio of companies worldwide that provide technological solutions and
services targeting the decarbonisation of the global energy sector.
Smart Mobility Fund. Investment objective/ strategy: to provide long term
capital growth. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a
portfolio of companies worldwide that support, through their technology
solutions and services, the decarbonization and transformation of the global
transportation sector.
UK Value Opportunities Fund. Investment objective/strategy: to achieve
long term capital appreciation by primarily investing in a diversified portfolio
of equity securities listed in the UK.
Datum One Series Trust (DOST) – Polar Capital Emerging Markets Stars Fund:
is a mutual fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Trust’s investment
objective is to achieve long term capital growth. It aims to achieve this by investing in
a diversified portfolio of emerging markets companies.
Datum One Series Trust (DOST) – Polar Capital Emerging Markets ex-China
Stars Fund: is a mutual fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Trust’s
investment objective is to achieve long term capital growth. It aims to achieve this by
investing in a diversified portfolio of emerging markets companies, excluding China.
Polar Capital Emerging Market Stars Trust: Is a Delaware Statutory Trust created
under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the “Delaware Act”) by the Declaration of
Trust on December 13, 2019. The Trust’s investment objective is to achieve long term
capital growth. It aims to achieve this by investing in a diversified portfolio of
emerging market companies.
In addition, Polar Capital advises three closed-end investment companies whose shares
are listed on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange. Shares in these funds have
not been offered by Polar Capital or its affiliates directly or indirectly to U.S. persons.
In addition, the Investment Adviser serves as the investment adviser with discretionary
trading authority and also provides discretionary advisory services to separately
managed accounts (the "Managed Accounts").
As used herein, the term "client" generally refers to each Fund and each beneficial
owner of a Managed Account.
This Brochure generally includes information about the Polar Capital LLP and its
relationships with its clients and affiliates. While much of this Brochure applies to all
such clients and affiliates, certain information included herein applies to specific
clients or affiliates only.
This Brochure does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities. Persons reviewing this Brochure should not construe this as an offer to sell
or solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of any of the Funds described herein.
Any such offer or solicitation will be made only by means of a confidential private
placement memorandum.
C. Assets under Management. Polar Capital’s discretionary assets under management for
all clients as of March 31 2023, aggregated U.S. $25,144m, held in 40 Polar Funds and
separately managed accounts (SMAs).